Parks Discovery: Native iOS and Android Universal apps launched

The Parks Discovery app from Parks Victoria has just been released. The app is available on both iOS and Android, and in both mobile and tablet format.

Parks Victoria approached Wave Digital a few months back with a problem to solve. Their former magazine was in need of digitisation so Wave Digital made our recommendations and the concept for the Parks Discovery app was borne.

The app consists of two broad sections, one called Parks Magazine which contains interesting articles on Victoria’s parks, and a Parks Directory.

Wave worked with Parks Victoria to populate both sections of the apps separately. We broke the magazine section requirements into a CSV template that could be completed by the client, then associated all necessary images with the correct article. The directory component proved more challenging. We solved the challenge by building a custom map interface which had an overlay of all of the parks’ locations.

As is our preference, Wave built both the iOS and Android apps natively. This allows for easier extension of features if required, and also allows the apps to function offline, which was important given the remote locations of some of Victoria’s parks.

This work aligns very closely with Wave Digital’s digitisation expertise; the apps are replacing a physical magazine. Other digitisation projects include RACT’s driver training app, University of Melbourne’s assessment system, and V/Line’s business intelligence app we have just completed.

We look forward to working with Parks Victoria again, praise for the apps can be seen from: